Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Willets Point businesses get thrown table scraps

The Willets Point Defense Committee sent a letter to City Councilman Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst) and other city officials demanding that a $3 million fund set up to help tenant businesses relocate be extended, calling the current plan woefully inadequate for the more than 200 businesses it would need to serve.

In the letter, Willets Point Defense Committee President Arturo Olaya said the existing fund, which would be divided up among the businesses by square footage, seems geared towards allowing store owners to dissolve their businesses and seek other employment rather than relocate.

The group estimated that the average business in Willets Point would receive $15,000, while many of the smaller shops would only receive $9,000 or less. Olaya said the funding would be a drop in the bucket towards addressing the costs involved with relocation, such as new rental sites, storage, moving, customization of new spaces, signage, marketing to attract customers and employee payrolls.

Katie said... I really do wish they'd do something about the neighborhood. I guess it does look crappy, but then at the same time, other ppls businesses

katie your right but the city of ny maid willets point the way it is the people down there paid all there taxes and the city refused to give them service they should all stay. the city never gave these people streets lights sidewalks and now they take there land were do we live you should be able to keep your land and do what you want with it

and he still anonymous. go back to the tracker biggie no one wants you on the craper. or at ITT . your so fast to sell out the auto shops in willets point but yet you get your moms car fixed there. well you'll be getting moms car fixed for a long time at willets point because it will be there for ever as soon as mayor jew bag gets out of office

auto shops will never go a way so meny land owners will hold this thing up in court thats the truth hyram got his pay day and is not shareing it with the shops he sold them out. 15 years from now nothing will be built . the city will not give any more money these shops no way it will be land owners first then these shops with the money . money mode no way

Olaya was busted last night someone high up in nypd saw him on ny1 vandalizing hiram's campaign bus and decided a crime was committed, he was released and issued a bench ticket. hiram called kelly to complain.

I wouldn't be surprised if this order came from city hall to suppress and intimidate arturo's group.

hiram useing his power to fuck up the chop shops ,hear come the law suits to stop willets point

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